The accolades keep rolling in for the Demon Slayer movie. Mugen Train may have missed its stop as an Academy Awards nominee, but it did manage to take home the Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year at the 44th Japan Academy Awards. …Read more »
After months of watching the Demon Slayer: Mugen Train movie shatter box office records in Japan and break through in other regions, it’s finally time to mark our calendars for the North American release. The film is heading to theaters, including 4DX and IMAX screens, …Read more »
While we continue to wait for a full release of the Demon Slayer movie in North America, Japan is already looking ahead to the record-breaking feature’s home video debut. Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train is set to touch down on DVD …Read more »
You can’t keep Demon Slayer down for long! The mega blockbuster technically came in second place in the Japanese box office this past weekend, but it made more money over the weekend than the movie in first place. This weekend Demon Slayer sold approximately 97,000 …Read more »
After crushing the competition at the Japanese box office for twelve weeks, Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train fell to second place on weekend thirteen. Gintama took the lead then, but it didn’t last long. By the next weekend, Demon …Read more »
Demon Slayer is back on top! For twelve weeks the Demon Slayer movie was at the top spot at the Japanese box office (and sometimes in the world), and then it got replaced by the Gintama movie during week thirteen. It appeared as if Demon …Read more »
Following up on the initial announcement of plans to bring the Demon Slayer movie to theaters in North America, Aniplex revealed more about the screenings. Not only will the Mugen Train feature be shown in the original Japanese language with English subtitles, but fans can …Read more »
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train had a mighty impressive 12-week run at the top of Japan’s box office, but that reign has finally come to an end thanks to… Gintama THE FINAL! Shortly after Gintama creator Hideaki Sorachi showed off …Read more »
It’s official: Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is the highest grossing anime film ever made. Overtaking top titles in a matter of weeks, it’s slaying at the box office. It seems like this anime juggernaut is set to overtake the scene entirely. Except for just a few things. We …Read more »
Even with so many things closed down, Japan has managed to make a train-themed Demon Slayer event to coincide with the movie: Demon Slayer: Mugen Train. According to Japanese news outlet Mainichi, this is taking place “at the Kyoto Railway Museum in Shimogyo Ward, as …Read more »
It was just around the middle of the month that we posted about LiSA’s Demon Slayer movie theme song, “Homura,” officially going platinum. Now the single has been awarded with the top honor at this year’s Japan Record Awards, where LiSA took home the Grand …Read more »
The Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan’s largest newspapers, put out an editorial on why it thinks Demon Slayer has been doing so well. Many people are amazed that the movie has broken records despite a pandemic, though the editorial argues that the pandemic has really …Read more »
The unimaginable has officially happened: Spirited Away has lost its number one spot as the biggest earner in the Japanese box office. The 2002 film now takes second place to Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train. The Demon Slayer movie …Read more »
It was only a matter of time, but the Demon Slayer film has made its way further toward the top of the Japanese box office rankings. Thanks to another week of showings, the Mugen Train feature is now sitting in the number two spot of …Read more »
If you’ve been paying any attention at all to anime news, you know Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is on fire. It’s slaying at the Japanese box office. Currently it’s the second highest grossing anime film in Japan, and the third highest grossing worldwide. At the time …Read more »
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